Bands Tab (Section View Band Set Dialog Box)

Band Type

Specifies the type of data band to add to the set.

Select Band Style

Specifies the style for the band.

To edit a style or create a new one, click and select from the list of operations. For more information, see Select Style dialog box and Section Data Band Style dialog box. To examine the details of an existing style, select the style name in the list. Click . For more information, see the Style Detail dialog box.

Add>>

Adds the specified data band type to the style set. Before clicking, ensure that the settings are correct for data band type, style, and location.

List Of Bands

Location

Specifies either the top or bottom of the section view. For the current location, the table below this field shows the bands in the current band style set.

Band Type

Displays the data band type.

Style

Specifies the style for the band type.

Description

Specifies the optional description of the band style.

Gap

Specifies the distance in plotted units between the current data band and the previous data band (or the nearest section view axis).

For bands below the section view grid, the specified gap is measured from the top of the current band to the bottom of the previous band (or the section view bottom axis, if the current band is the first one).

Similarly, for bands above the section view grid, the specified gap is measured from the bottom of the current band to the top of the previous band (or the section view top axis, if the current band is the first one).

Major Interval

Specifies the section view data band major interval distance.

Minor Interval

Specifies the section view data band minor interval distance.

Label End Offset

Specifies whether or not the end of the band is labeled.

Weeding

Used only for labels at vertical geometry points on Section Data bands. Vertical geometry points or grade breaks that are closer than the weeding factor are removed, making it easier to read the remaining labels. Enter a positive number to specify a label exclusion distance.

Stagger Labels

Specifies the location of the label staggering line: No staggering, Stagger both sides, Stagger to right, or Stagger to left.

Stagger Line Height

Specifies the height of the label stagger line.

Moves the selected data band up in the list.

Note

The order in this list is the order in which the bands appear below/above the section view.

Moves the selected data band down in the list.

Deletes the selected data band from the list and removes it from the section view.

Match Major/Minor Increments to Vertical Grid Intervals

Specifies if the section data band major/minor intervals for section views matches the section view style’s major/minor grid spacing interval distances. Select the check box to match major/minor increments to vertical grid intervals. If this check box is selected, the major/minor interval fields in the List of Bands table are unavailable.